KJV King James Version
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
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1 Kings 11:20
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
WEB World English Bible
The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the sister of Tahpenes beareth to him Genubath his son, and Tahpenes weaneth him within the house of Pharaoh, and Genubath is in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the sons of Pharaoh.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 11
17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.
18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
23 And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֵּ֨לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetל֜וֹH9033 · ohimאֲח֣וֹתH269 · a.chotsisterתַּחְפְּנֵ֗יסH8472 · tach.pe.nesTahpenesאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]גְּנֻבַ֣תH1592 · ge.nu.vatGenubathבְּנ֔וֹH1121 · benson: childוַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּH1580 · ga.malto weanתַחְפְּנֵ֔סH8472 · tach.pe.nesTahpenesבְּת֖וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceפַּרְעֹ֑הH6547 · par.ohPharaohוַיְהִ֤יH1961 · ha.yahto beגְנֻבַת֙H1592 · ge.nu.vatGenubathבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceפַּרְעֹ֔הH6547 · par.ohPharaohבְּת֖וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childפַרְעֹֽה׃H6547 · par.ohPharaoh
Cross-references
Genesis 21:7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.1 Samuel 1:24And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child [was] young.
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